Apollo 8

Apollo 8
COSPAR ID1968-118A
SATCAT no.03626Edit this on Wikidata
Durasi misi6 d 03 h 00 m 42 s
Awal misi
Tanggal luncur12:51:00, 21 Desember 1968 (UTC) (1968-12-21T12:51:00Z)
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Apollo 8 merupakan misi antariksa berawak ke-dua pada Program Apollo yang diadakan oleh Amerika Serikat. Misi ini diluncurkan pada 21 Desember 1968, dan menjadi misi antariksa berawak pertama yang meninggalkan orbit rendah Bumi, mencapai orbit Bulan, dan kemudian kembali ke Bumi. Astronaut Frank Borman, James Lovell, William Anders menjadi manusia pertama yang melewati orbit rendah Bumi dan melihat sisi jauh Bulan.

Apollo 8 membutuhkan waktu tiga hari untuk sampai ke orbit Bulan. Apollo 8 memutari Bulan sepuluh kali, selama 20 jam. Apollo 8 kembali ke Bumi pada 27 Desember 1968, dengan mendarat di Samudra Pasifik.

Referensi

  1. ^ Mission Evaluation Team (1969). "Appendix A: A.5 Lunar Module Test Article" (PDF). Apollo 8 Mission Report: p. A-14. Diarsipkan dari asli (PDF) tanggal 2013-03-02. Diakses tanggal 2013-03-22. ; ; – The mass for LTA-B was less than that of a flying LM, because it was essentially a boilerplate decent stage. A fully loaded, flight-ready LM, like the Eagle from Apollo 11, weighed 33.278 pon (15.095 kg), including propellants.
  2. ^ NASA Public Affairs Office (1968-12-06). "SPACECRAFT STRUCTURE SYSTEMS" (PDF). Apollo 8 Press Kit: pp. 33–34. – The spacecraft mass at launch includes the CM and SM, but excludes the 8.900-pon (4.000 kg) Launch Escape System (LES), which was discarded before reaching Earth orbit.
  3. ^ NASA, Apollo 8 Mission Report, p. 3-2
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